Timeline of non-sexual social nudity

Young Spartans Exercising, depicted by Edgar Degas, c.1860

Prehistory–1800

The Adamites, a Christian sect that practiced holy nudity, date back to the 2nd century AD

1800–99

Finnish Sauna (1802)

1900–74

The Doukhobors, a sect of Russian origin marching nude in a protest in Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1900s
Organised nudism. Postcard of the Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, San Diego, California. (1935)

1975–89

Nambassa hippie festival New Zealand 1978

1990–99

NakedBerlin Group of nude men among hundreds of tourists at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate (photographed by Team Henning von Berg)

2000–present

NakedSydney photographer Henning von Berg and his group of nude women in front of the Sydney Opera House, 2005
FEMEN in Ukraine, 2008
A Spencer Tunick Nude Installation, 2010
World Naked Bike Ride participants, 2013

Repeating events

See also

References

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  8. 2 Corinthians 11:27
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  25. AGA statement-History,Purposeful Development and Philosophical Outlook-by Katherine & Herman Soshinsky-circa 1950,collection of Rock Lodge Club.
  26. International Nude-Land Dec 1934 page30
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    Authors: Krüger A.; Krüger F.; Treptau S.
    Source: The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 19, Number 4, December 01, 2002, pp. 33-54(22)
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  30. PychCentral Nude psychotherpapy history by Marggarita Tartakovsky
  31. Nude & Natural 18.4, more info in Cec. Cinder's The Nudist Idea.
  32. DOWN TO EARTH CO-OP. The ConFest People
  33. The Burning Man Project
  34. "Judgment C12668, R. vs. Jacob". Province of Ontario Court of Appeal. 1996-12-09. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  35. 1 2 3 Charles MacFarland of Synetech Video, e-mail from Dec 2003
  36. NAKED BERLIN – The Liberal Capital
  37. Naked birthday celebrants elude Durango police
  38. Montreal Mirror.
  39. Article by Richard Foley. Archived December 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  40. Jaybird Run
  41. World Record Skinny Dipping

Further reading

Wight, Fred H. Manners and Customs of Bible Lands. Chicago: Moody Press. 1983

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